Spangled Cotinga
Cotinga cayana
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCotingidae (Cotingas)
- GenusCotinga (Blue Cotingas)
- SpeciesCotinga cayana (Spangled Cotinga)
Closest Relatives at Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve
Plum-throated Cotinga
Cotinga maynana
Bare-necked Fruitcrow
Gymnoderus foetidus
Black-tailed Tityra
Tityra cayana
Purple-throated Fruitcrow
Querula purpurata
Amazonian Umbrellabird
Cephalopterus ornatus
White-browed Purpletuft
Iodopleura isabellae
White-winged Becard
Pachyramphus polychopterus
Screaming Piha
Lipaugus vociferans
Pink-throated Becard
Pachyramphus minor
Black-crowned Tityra
Tityra inquisitor
Wing-barred Piprites
Piprites chloris
Purple-throated Cotinga
Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 5 | Cordillera Azul National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 6 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 8 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 9 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 10 | Madidi National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Spangled Cotinga in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve?
About 15% of visitor-days record a Spangled Cotinga sighting in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, based on 630 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Spangled Cotinga in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve?
October has the highest sighting rate for Spangled Cotinga in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve in our monthly data.